“Readers Raise the Roof!” is a 90-minute workshop educators can replicate at their school to meet parent involvement goals for families of students in kindergarten through third grade. The workshop is aligned to the New Mexico Reads to Lead! initiative’s goal of reaching out to parents and families to support student learning at home. More

Reach Out and Read’s "Developmental Milestones of Early Literacy," written by pediatricians, provides guidance for parents and doctors on appropriate book-related behaviors for ages 6 months through 5 years. Available in English and Spanish. More

The School-Home Links Reading Kits are a collection of research-based activities designed to help families reinforce the reading and language arts skills that their children are learning at school. (English) More

Research and information literacy is something students work on throughout their school career. It’s a collection of skills that, when combined, means that a learner is able to find, understand, evaluate and use information. Interest in information literacy grew out of a need to create learners for the 21st century. Here you’ll find information about two ways to begin to develop information literacy in your child. Available in English and Spanish. More

Written especially for parents, Growing Readers (formerly Ed Extras) provides monthly tips for raising strong readers and writers. Schools and PTAs can add these preformatted briefs to their parent newsletters. Growing Readers is also a great resource for libraries and community literacy organizations. The one- or two-page articles are available in both English and Spanish. More

Colorín Colorado offers free print guides created for parents, teachers, and anyone who wants to improve the reading achievement of children. You are welcome to download and print these guides for your own use or to distribute to others. Available in English and Spanish. More